THE GODFATHER (1972) | 12 Facts You (Probably) Didn't Know 

I think the closest thing out there to the “full cut” is The Godfather Saga

@@BitesizedSpoilers I thought of that, I've seen it. I'm only up to page 53 and there are are already some extra things only hinted at in the movie. it has been a few years since I've read the book and I'm taking a little more time now.

The closest would be "The Godfather Saga" just like our pal Bitesized Spoilers mentioned here on this read 👍👍 .... ( by the way I recommend it ) 😊

@@BitesizedSpoilers That had Michael blowing up Fabrizio in a car, which was sweet.

This would be the only 5 hour movie I'd ever watch and it would have my attention from start to finish.

Totally subjective and riddled with directorial flaws.

@@stefanjoseph2605Name a better movie that no one can criticize

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Get your hands on the chronological version. It has most deleted scenes, but the pizza place scene I heard was gone.

Thank you!

I’m glad you got my James Bind joke. A few people have mistaken this as an inaccuracy on my part - It was actually my attempt at humour. Unlike other James Bond actors (except George Lazenby), I couldn’t name another Roger Moore movie apart from the Bond movies. Maybe that’s a bit harsh, I’m sure he made loads, but I don’t know them and that is what I was kind of joking about.

So, she was Elizabeth Warren before Elizabeth Warren was Elizabeth Warren? 😂

@@Frankie5Angels150Pretty much, except people didn’t laugh at Marie Cruz when she faked being Native American at the time. Anyone with a brain knee Warren was full of crap

What's a "Nonno"?

Grandfather

@@michaelpalmieri7335 Google is your friend! 😂

Thank you! Will do!

Well known he wears lifts and camera angle magic does the rest

I've done several locally produced movies, and with the exception of the current project I'm working on, I've always been the tallest actor on the set. I'm only 6'2", but when the next tallest actor is 5'8", it makes me look freakishly tall. I've gotten very good at not standing straight and leaning on door jambs

I ( lol 😂) agree M J 👌🏻

.. and your point is ...

...but Marlon Brando DID refuse the "Oscar...", right??

@@johnmoreno7664 That she was a fugazi

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@@johnmoreno7664 The point is that even in protesting the degradation of American natives he degraded native Americans by choosing theater over reality. That makes her dressing nothing more than a costume. It’s hilarious.

Glad you enjoyed it

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That’s interesting because all the online sources say it was Dominican Republic… 😬

@@BitesizedSpoilers I just spoke with my mom who was also there and she said that I misspoke and yes it was in Dominican Republic

Except that never happened.

Bad move by Brando , it kind of hurt his film career from that moment on

​​@@rafaelramirez1507 That's too bad, because Brando's sympathy for the Native Americans was very noble of him, while too many people (especially WHITE PEOPLE) still believed in the stereotypical Hollywood portrayals of Indians as simple-minded, drunken fools, or as bloodthirsty "savages" who enjoyed attacking wagon trains and scalping white pioneers. The backlash against Brando for refusing his Best Actor Oscar for "The Godfather" not only hurt his career, it hurt a cause that he sincerely believed in. It's sort of like what happened to Jane Fonda when she personally visited war-torn North Vietnam in the 1970s because of her opposition to the decade-long Vietnam War. At the time, a lot of people began turning against the war, protesting against it, demanding that the United States and South Vietnamese Governments start negotiations with the government of North Vietnam right away, because too many American soldiers were being killed or wounded in a war that they didn't know how they got into, a war that people were arguing wasn't "our war," that didn't directly have anything to do with us, that was destroying a small and weak country that never did anything to us, that was killing or wounding innocent people, including women and children, and that was dishonest, illegal, unconstitutional, immoral, corrupt, and greedy (they felt that the war was only being fought to benefit the Military-Industrial Complex). Thus, people started to sympathize with the anti-war protesters, which they earlier dismissed as just crazy hippies who were "high on dope," or professional "troublemakers" who deserved to be jailed or shot, or as "America-haters" who should leave the country. (They used to shout at peace demonstrators things like "America, love it or leave it," or "Go back to Russia!" They also accused them of being Communists or Communist sympathizers.) However, when Jane Fonda went to North Vietnam, there was no sympathy for her, for she went beyond protesting the war by becoming a propaganda tool for the Communist North Vietnamese, rooting for them to shoot down American war planes, telling American prisoners of war that they were fighting a losing battle, that they didn't know what they were fighting for, and even making radio broadcasts saying that the P.O.W.s were being treated well by the North Vietnamese. But, when the soldiers came home, they told everyone that they were NOT being treated well in captivity, that they were repeatedly beaten, flogged, tortured, etc, by their captors, whereupon, Ms. Fonda called them "liars and hypocrites." It's no wonder that people considered Fonda's actions and words to be acts of treason against her own country, and why graffiti "artists" drew or painted things on walls like "Hang Jane Fonda, Traitor!" Again, while Fonda saw her trip to North Vietnam as a humanitarian mission to end the war, allowing herself to be used as Communist propaganda hurt her cause, not to mention her career.

Some good insight here! P.s. I know who Roger Moore is. It was an attempt at humour since everyone remembers him as James Bond.

@@BitesizedSpoilers Oh, sorry I didn't catch that. I won't take it so serious next time. Interesting information you provided. Thanks.

My wife is 45 and hasn’t either. I don’t know how we are still marries

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You do not like Brando? Interesting . I too loved Pacino, always have. Just curious (not picking a fight) what was it about Brando you never liked? I am referring to his acting style and influence and nothing else.

And he was VERY new at that time. After I learned that, my respect for him as an actor skyrocketed

@@stella3265 well Daniel , since you put it that way ... he was a very good actor , his presence as a performer impacted a great deal amongst all involved in practically all the films he starred in .... but his lifestyle outside of his movie performances was the opposite

There's a great video here on RU-vid. Apparently they REALLY didn't want him at first but because he had such great chemistry with the actress who played Kay outside of the movie, he auditioned multiple times before they ultimately gave in

@@rafaelramirez1507 Inability to separate an artist from its art form, seems rather juvenile? Your limited mind, of any free thinking, is most challenged in the world of mediums.

@larrywest538 Brando was a world-class flake whose approach to method acting sometimes led to delays and disruptions. It almost seemed like "being difficult" (a euphemism for being hungover and unprepared, to being a moody jerk) was supposed to be part of being a great actor back at that time.

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Thank 4 your question? How do you, Yanks, how do you look on us, the €Uropeans?? For my generations, the USA were liberators from Nazism an communism...

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@@karoltomis5704 As ungrateful eurotrash, for the most part.

Rumor has it that Sly got to play Talia Shire's husband in some other movie 4 years later.

@@radicalross7700 That’s a Rocky claim at best!

Hey.....I heard that the REAL reason that fat Clemenza wasn't in the sequel is due to the fact that he and his girlfriend wanted to write all of his dialogue. Francis Ford Coppola explained to him that they already had a finalized script for Godfather II, but the actor wouldn't agree to speaking his lines from the script........so, that fool was dumped from the film. What a Bozo......

I have no idea what “infanous” means. Please explain…

@@BitesizedSpoilers I assume you are being sarcastic, but infamous would be something that is known for being well known for reasons that go against common standards of decency or colloquially as "bad" (e.g. FDR referring to Dec 7 as "a day that will live in infamy"). I dont know what standard you are applying to refer to the opening scene as "infamous". Even the movie studio that pressured Coppola to omit or modify the scene would not have judged so harshly. Other than that one minor gaff, the video was very well done. BTW, this is not the first time that I have heard a YT narrator use that word incorrectly either.

The way I see it in Michael’s mind Fredo posed a huge risk to the family that had to be eliminated. Disowning him wouldn’t be as simple as it sounds either. He does that and it just sends Fredo straight back into the arms of his enemies.

@@Neww-ku3xp yes, Fredi revealed his true colors in the encounter when he exploded at Michael. He could and would do great harm to Michael and the family if left alive. It really was not a difficult decision

@@dondajulah4168 Yes, he had to take out Fredo.

According to literally everyone who was there, it was a real horse’s head from a nearby glue factory.

You are a liar.

It was real. It came from a nearby slaughter house where horses were being destroyed for dog food.

What is your source for this because literally everyone on set who was there has disagreed with you. Sorry, but your a no body so I’ll believe them

Wow! ... hope you enjoyed it like I did Matthew, first time I saw it was in 1998 , and it blew me away , but "The Godfather part II" blew me away even further 🌟 🌟 👍👍

@@rafaelramirez1507 Part II was so much better.

I dont think a corpse would make a very good boss of a crime family, but other than that, yeah.

But he's not Italian that's why he turned it down.